4 ms·Lots of countries legally require that hotels collect and store passport details of foreign guests.by dagw 8y agoLots of countries legally require that hotels collect and store passport details of foreign guests.dopamean 8y agoRight but then after the guest checks out why would they hold on to them for longer than a few days?bronson 8y agoBecause there's lots of upside to keeping them (analytics) and basically no downside. C'mon GDPR and CCPA! They will bring the downside.